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June 1, 1943. sw- 2320574 PACKAGE Filed May 15, 1940 Patented June 1,1943 UNITED STATES T E' F i C E PACKAGE Donald D. Swift, Hartford,Conn., assignor to M.

Swift & Sons, Inc., a corpcration of Connecticut 1 Claim.

My present invention relates to the gold leaf art, and has particularreference to a novel method of packaging gold leaf, and to the novelpackage obtained thereby.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide an improvedpackage for gold leaf, which has its parts so arranged as to reduce theamount of spoilage resulting from handling and from shipment.

It is a further object of my invention to improve the makeup of a brickof gold leaf so as to eliminate damage to gold leaves resulting fromflexing or bending of the bricks.

With the above and other objects and advantageou-s features in View, myinvention consists of a novel method of packaging, and a novel packageor book product, specifically designed for gold leaf products.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a novel book or package for gold leafFig. 2 is a perspective view of the open book or package, showing theuse of novel end leaves; and

Fig. 3 is a perspectve View of a modified form.

It has been found desirable to improve the method of packaging goldleaf, and to improve the package itself, as the transportation andshipment of 'gold leaf packages or books result in an eXcessiVe amountof spoilage due to flexing or bending of the packages or books. Thisspoilage is a substantial item, and amounts to as much as 8%, wherefcreany improvement which will reduce or eliminate this spoilage is of verysubstantial value.

The present package or book is a small package containing twenty-sixleaves of paper and twenty-five leaves of gold -therebetween, the paperbeing of a high rag content, and being sewed together with a fine twinesuch as Bible twine. The paper is preferably thin, like the tissue paperused for Bibles. sheets of gold leaf are preferably dusted with veryfine rouge, to

'prevent adhering contact with the paper, and

the package is small so as to be easily handled.

It has been found that -handling the package, so as to slightly flex orbend the package, results in substantial damage to the gold leaves atthe ends of the package, the leaves being so close to its limits ofelasticity that any Stretch produces afissure or a flaw therein.

.I have found that the damge results from inablity of the gold leaf toslide or slip with respect to the paper pages on each side thereof.during flexing or bending, the slight frictional engagement beingsufficient to break the gold leaf. I therefore utilize a paper ormaterial which will permit increased slip or slidng of the gold leaf, mypreferred material being glassine paper or Cellophane, which I utilizefor the end leaves, and, if desi-red, for one or two of the adjacentleaves, whereby the gold leaves adjacent the covers of the package naymore freely slip and slide and thus resist the development of fissuresand Cracks.

Thus, referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, the novel package IDincludes a plurality of paper leaves ll between which sheets of goldleaf z are positioned, the end leaf l3 being preferably of Cellophane orof glassine paper, and the gold leaves being dusted with very fine rougein standard manner. This type of package has reduced spoilage to lessthan 1%, in comparison to the 8% spoilage hitherto resulting.

If desred, the package may be constructed as illustrated in Fig. 3. Inthis Construction, the package M includes a plurality of paper leaves l5and a plurality (3 illustrated) of Cellophane or glassine paper endleaves [6, the gold leaf I'I being positioned between both the paper andCellophane sheets.

While I have described certain specific embodiments of my invention andcertain specific end sheets, it is obvious that changes in the number ofend sheets and the material thereof may be made without departing -f-romthe spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A gold leaf package comprising a plurality of paper sheets bound in bookform between front and back covers, sheets of gold leaf filmed betweensaid paper sheets, 'said gold being powdered with nely divided rouge,and a Cellophane* sheet between said front cover and said paper sheetsand between the back cover and said paper sheets, said Cellophane sheetshaving a smooth surface adapted to minimize friction between 'said coverand said paper sheets when said book is flexed.

DONALD D SWIFT.

